The Ili Rebellion: Muslim Challenge to Chinese Authority in Xingjiang, 1944-49

By Linda Benson

In 1944, Moslem forces in the Chinese province of Xinjiang staged an uprising and established an independent Islamic state - the East Turkestan Republic. This book describes that challenge to China's rule, and the Nationalist government's response to Turkic-Moslem nationalism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873325095
• ISBN13: 9780873325097
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"